The link was a little different, but it did have the word “craigslist” in the URL. “craigslist” was in the part you’d normally see the “www” - an obvious red flag.

I’m a curious fellow, and I did one thing I shouldn’t have: I clicked the link. I highly suggest if you ever get a phishing text or email with a link - don’t click it! This allows the phisher to track that they sent the text or email to a valid phone number or email.

Anyway, as I expected, it brought me to what appeared to be the Craigslist login page:

I was still curious, but not so stupid as to put my actual login information. I wanted to see what happened when I put in a username and password, so I tried a fake username and password:

Nothing happened when I clicked “Log in.” I’m sure the data got sent somewhere, but nothing happened with the UI. The real Craiglist page would’ve said:

I am Joe. I'm one of many Joes, but I am uniquely me. I'm the messiest organized guy you'll ever meet. My glasses are always bent and my hair always a mess. I've never had a role model and as such am my own person. Scientist, programmer, Christian, libertarian, and life long learner.